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Atheists & Agnostics

Buckeye_Democrat

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17. I typically use "atheist" despite how I don't...

Reply to Lord Ludd (Original post)

Sun Apr 4, 2021, 07:27 PM

Apr 2021

... exclude the possibility of an intelligent creator. There's just been no objective evidence of one.

Some people use agnostic to describe me, but atheist works just fine.

I know this much... the more that humanity has discovered about the universe, the more HONEST it appears. So if there's an intelligent creator, at least it seems to be an honest one. Even quantum physics leads to predictable results.

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Additional name for atheists? [View all] Lord Ludd Apr 2021 OP

There should be fewer names, not more! Shermann Apr 2021 #1

"There isn't a name for a non-astronomer." 3catwoman3 Apr 2021 #2

That's just an example of inductive reasoning being applied to the nature of flat earthers Shermann Apr 2021 #4

I wholeheartedly agree that 'atheist' is an odd word Lord Ludd Apr 2021 #7

Bingo Random Boomer Apr 2021 #13

I think of myself as a content questioner. 3catwoman3 Apr 2021 #3

Cosmost, or Cosmist but I still use, secular humanist, and I remember when I got in trouble with ShazamIam Apr 2021 #5

This is a good name, but ... Trueblue Texan Apr 2021 #6

Now you made me think of Little Caesars... Lord Ludd Apr 2021 #8

If that is the case, why is it you haven't made yourself known to the official group? A HERETIC I AM Apr 2021 #15

I just did! Trueblue Texan Apr 2021 #19

Free-thinker? nt Laffy Kat Apr 2021 #9

Did you ask god if he approves of that name? nt Binkie The Clown Apr 2021 #10

Actually, I did Lord Ludd Apr 2021 #11

LOL!!! Trueblue Texan Apr 2021 #12

Are you sure your toaster was plugged in? Binkie The Clown Apr 2021 #14

Yanno, a few years ago there was the attempt to make popular the name "Brights" A HERETIC I AM Apr 2021 #16

I typically use "atheist" despite how I don't... Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2021 #17

Well, here's the thing. Cosmos, being part of centuries of Greek attempts to explain creation, has a Karadeniz Apr 2021 #18

In spanish, "Cosmovision" means "Worldview" old as dirt Dec 2021 #20